Can populations self organize a crisis response? This is a field report on the first two efforts
in a continuing series of exercises termed “Exercise 24 or x24.” The first Exercise 24 focused …

Social media is used in a variety of domains, including emergency management. However,
the question of which technologies are most appropriate for a given emergency remains …

Abstract On September 8, 2011, the Great San Diego/Southwest Blackout occurred affecting
approximately 5 million people. This paper explores the availability and use of social media …

Emerging social media and so-called Web 2.0 technologies will continue to have a great
impact on the practice and application of the emergency management function in every …

Emergency situations arising out of natural disasters like tsunami, earthquakes, floods,
hurricanes or man-made ones like terror strikes, riots, accidents, etc. cause tremendous …

Social media together with still growing social media communities has become a powerful
and promising solution in crisis and emergency management. Previous crisis events have …

ABSTRACT In 2004, Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM)
was a new area of research. Pioneering researchers from different continents and …

As emergency management agencies and organizations implement social media and web
technology to support crisis information and communication efforts, many question if present …

Purpose The use of social media in crisis communication is growing and spreading in an
instantaneous speed. The social media technology enables immediate information sharing …

Social media has been established in many larger emergencies and crises. This process
has not started just a few years ago, but already 15 years ago in 2001 after the terrorist …